Detroit man claims to know where Jimmy Hoffa is buried

8:48 PM,
Jan. 14, 2013

A July 26, 1959, file photo of Teamsters Union President Jimmy Hoffa in Washington. Tony Zerilli, convicted of crimes as a reputed Mafia captain, has come forward with claims that Hoffa was buried in suburban Detroit.

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Tammy Stables Battaglia
Detroit Free Press

A man the FBI believed was a Detroit mob underboss is the latest to claim he can solve the mystery behind the 1975 disappearance of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa.

Tony Zerilli, 85, told WDIV-TV in Detroit that Hoffa, 62, was temporarily buried in a field in northern Oakland County, Mich., after he was kidnapped on the afternoon of July 30, 1975, from a restaurant parking lot in Oakland County. Hoffa's body has never been found and his disappearance sparked one of the 20th century's biggest mysteries.

Zerilli, who denied during the interview that he was in the mob, said he was in jail at the time, but ...